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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1895
Page
3
A fragmentary timetable notes mails arriving in Washington DC and leaving via Delaware, Lackawanna and Western lines. It lists stages at 1000 AM, 1200 PM, 945 AM, 645 PM with destinations Preston and South and mentions the North route. The readable items suggest a daily mail schedule with multiple departures.
Local notes report coal deliveries pensions granted and moves near Henderson to Dover. Tomat o contract work at $5.20 per ton. Democrats in Washington. factory work in Goldsboro. deadly disease in pigs near the bridge. Weather, river high, streets submerged at Port Deposit. new lectures planned in Federalsburg. Property sales at Marydel. river route mail clerks may be added to steamer crews. School counts, business openings, and social club programs noted in Chestertown and Denton.
The wedding of Miss Nellie Ramsdell daughter of F C Ramsdell Esq of the Denton Union and Mr Roland T K Garey occurred at Central M E Church last Wednesday. Floral decorations lit sanctuary Prof James Swann played a wedding march and the bridal party was escorted by several gentlemen. The bride wore white silk and La France roses. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home with a collation for nearly a hundred guests. The newlyweds reside at Montpelier or the Fountain farm near Denton.
The Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway will add new fast travel cars similar to Camden and Atlantic stock, with cane seats, and overhaul the steamer to improve speed and comfort. A new spring schedule will offer faster service and better hours for summer travelers to Ocean City as traffic grows.
A bashful Delaware visitor received a white cap notice last week ordering him to leave the state within ten days. The man departed two days after the notice. An incident in the area also notes a stable mishap injuring Mr. M. L. Sullivan near Chestnut Grove and other local happenings including a forthcoming wedding and a mistaken name in a prior report.
Comptroller Marion deKalb Smith's report shows total yearly receipts of 2 606 106.07 with starting balance 560 050.50, totaling 5 174 154.25. Disbursements reach 2 625 079.78. end-year treasury balance 550 074.47. Sinking fund investments total 547 127.92. Oyster fund receipts 44 548.69, down 7 611.45 from last year. disbursements 96 422.25, down 34 879.78. Deficit 74 406.99 charged to current oyster fund. State debt 8 684 956.24. productive assets and sinking funds 3 303 283.11 yield net debt 3 381 753.03. Real and personal property assessments over six years list various amounts. 1594 levy at 17 cents per 100 yields 939 220.08. Local items note Edwin C. Fields and James B. Steele payments for licenses and taxes on commissions.
County commissioners Tuesday authorized Nathaniel Horsey to repair the Greensborough to Sheppard's Chapel road and Owen C. Garey to repair the William Wilson branch to the Sheppard's Chapel road. They pursue Dorchester county agreement on a Linchester bridge keeper and refused to allow tax against insolvent John W. Buck, authorizing attorney William H. Deweese to sue the officer's bond after discussing the matter with Russum and Lewis in a disputed tax lien point.
Mr. Edgar L. Fountain slowly recovers from a skating accident on Smithville pond. Presiding Elder Adams misses Hickman Church appointment due to extreme cold. Miss Bettie Sylvester of Denton guests Miss Winnie L. Fountain. Mr. James F. Fountain buys a saw mill and will begin operations soon. Miss Winnie L. Fountain sick but improving. Mr. Garey Noble of New Haven Conn visits nearby. Mr. James Carey of Philadelphia returns home for winter. Miss Lillian T. Greene of Liden's school has over seventy scholars. Cannery hoped to be erected this season. Mr. L. W. Pool plans extensive repairs to his saw mill. Miss Annie E. Liden visits friends nearby.
Captain Caleb C. Wheeler of the Wheeler Transportation Line, serving Baltimore and Choptank and Tuckahoe river landings, plans a new 150 foot composite propeller. The steamer, costing about 65000 dollars, will have 30 staterooms, lavatories, smoking rooms, and distinct passenger and crew quarters. The Wheeler fleet currently includes the Chesapeake and Minnie Wheeler.
A crowd gathered at the M E parsonage last Thursday to witness several weddings that were delayed. Mr and Mrs M B Smith celebrated their seventeenth anniversary with fifty invited guests. Mr I A Porter was bitten on the hand by a dog in his poultry yard. J Frank Cahall and Annie Brown both of Delaware were wed at the M I parsonage. Mollie Butler and William Anthony also married. Rev O W DeVeuish performed ceremonies. John P Pepper to Philadelphia for a month of treatment for deafness. Burrsville youths form a weekly literary society.
Preston youth stage a comical deestrick skule at the Academy on Tuesday evening the 15th. R J Colston directed with a cast of named students and mothers as many roles. Proceeds fund the M L I parsonage fund. performance continued at Hurlock Hall Wednesday night.
There is brief talk of diphtheria though it was only a bad case of tonsillitis. Doctors urge caution on sanitation this winter. Mr and Mrs Curtis near town celebrate their first wedding anniversary. Fire apparatus to get its own home, praised for efforts. Horace Seward sprained his ankle from a twist Sunday evening. Miss Greer confined with la grippe. Mr James Boyer of Marydel visited town Wednesday.
The American Grocer notes a surfeit of canned tomatoes nationwide with Maryland leading the industry. It cites 1894 pack totals of 5,726,000 cases vs 1,635,183 in 1893, explains overproduction and weak demand, and warns packers to cut acreage as 1895 outlook improves with lower tin plates and raw material prices. Joshua N. Marvil inaugurated Delaware governor amid parades and political displays. Queen Anne's Railroad promoters plan early construction from Denton to Lewes, linking Baltimore port with southern Delaware towns, with charter support expected. Caroline County High School enrollment and improvements showcase robust local education efforts chaired by a slate of county and state educators and officials.
Carlton Cornwell foreman at the Gazette Middletown New Jersey concludes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy should be in every home after a cold and whooping cough cure. He lauds its speed and effectiveness. Bottles priced 25 and 50 cents sold by Wm E Brown druggist.
Hon J A M Satterthwaite of Douglas Butler county is in Topeka as a representative-elect to meet with officials and gauge the price of influence in the upcoming Legislature. A newspaper man by trade, he moved from near Denton to Kansas before 1870 and was elected last fall for a second term representing his county.
Ex Governor BE. E. Jackson Mrs. Jackson and Miss Jackson have rented apartments at the Hotel Rennett for the remainder of the winter, remaining in the city through the season.
The wedding of Miss Margaret May Jackson daughter of Mr A B Jackson to Mr William Stevens is announced for the 23d inst at 7 30 p m at the Methodist Episcopal Church Rev J M Lindale will officiate Mr J F Sisk is fitting up a large hall over his store room for public meetings Samuel Hopkins has opened a general mercantile store in the house formerly belonging to John Hl Holt
Davidson's troupe will render Old Farmer Hopkins at Mozart Hall Greensborough on Tuesday evening January 29 Mr G W Eliason last week moved his stock into the storehouse recently vacated by A J Rick H W Davis opened a photograph gallery in the Benjamin House of Ice Greensborough
Mr James E Byrd of the Baltimore Chesapeake and Atlantic Railway says this winter has brought little ice difficulty for his companys steamers or others. He notes prior warm days melted most ice in rivers and bay and recalls the severe freezes of 1891 as a source of anxiety for boatmen.
Miss L A Willis principal of the Baltimore Cooking School has compiled a new pastry cook book distributed to Rumford Yeast Powder patrons. The author’s reputation gives the book special value. Mail a label from a Rumford bottle to Rumford Chemical Works Providence R I and a copy will be sent free.
Taxpayers grow more prompt under the treasury law. Half year receipts to December 31 totals by Deakyne and Whitby show July 172.34, August 1,185.36, September 17,008.39, October 6,846.84, November 3,743.92, December 7,019.96. Levy for 1894 was 92,860.56, leaving due January 1 with interest 16,873.75.
Dukchart Chesapeake brand Gil ling Twine in West Bethesda and Gray Nos 40 50 and 60 sold at Baltimore prices. Series knit to order both gill and hauling Gill lines handmade cotton twine set nets 10 meshes deep ready knit for sale by B G Stevens Williston Md. The value of property in Crisfield since its incorporation in 1872 is up 600 percent. Cambridge to have a new Republican paper.
Denton M E circuit hosts fourth quarterly conference praising Rev Zack H Webster and Rev Ro H Adame for their service and leadership An urging to secure Webster return and continue Adame’s administration follows A list of upcoming sermons revival meetings and probationers to join the church bodies across Denton Hillsborough Burrsville Ames and Easton notes on Bishop Curtis denial of convent plans and Friends meeting house anniversaries include William Penn and George Fox historical references and introduction of individual communion cups in some city churches
Mrs Sarah E Downes aged 76 died at her Third Street home Wednesday night after a long illness. Widow of William H Downes she leaves several children and Clara Downes among survivors. Services were at M E Church and burial at Denton cemetery. Also notes the deaths of John W Beaven and Mrs Susan Ann DeLong with brief funeral details.
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